Cheese-box



E. ZEIDLER.

CHEESE BOX. APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1920.

1,353,909, Patented Aug. 24,1920.

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CHEESE BOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1920. 4 7 1,350,909, Patented Aug. 24,1920.\

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHEESE-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

Application filed April 9, 1920. Serial No. 372,552.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that T, EnNns'r ZnIoLnn, a citi zen of the United States, residing at Marshfield, in the county of lVood and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cheese-Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

The invention relates to cheese boxes and has for its object to provide a cheese box which is cylindrical shaped and formed from a combination of fiber board, which is water proof, said fiber board being used for forming the cylindrical body of the box and veneer or wooden top and bottom. The great difliculty in the boxes now in use where the body of the box is used that the wood .from which the body is made becomes cracked and warped and above all will not stand the excessive weight when the boxes are stacked on top of each other, as for instance in shipping or storage. Therefore it is a further object to provide a cheese box construction which will stand the strain when so stacked.

A further object is to provide a cheese box having a cylindrical body formed from wall board, the ends of which are overlapped and secured together and to provide a wooden bottom for the body portion provided with annular channel around its edge for the receptiofi of the lower edge of the body and recessed at one point for the reception of one of the overlapping ends of the fiber board which forms the body. Also to provide an annular metallic member surrounding the lower edge of the bottom of the box and engaging the bottom and periphery of the box for reinforcing the box, said metallic annular member being secured to the wooden bottom of the box and to the body of'the box. Also to provide a cover similarly constructed.

A further object is to form the metallic annular brace members with erimped flanges for engaging the top of the box and the bottom of the box, thereby additionally bracing the box. a

With the above and other objects in View the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without of the invention.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a top View of the box, part being broken away to better illustrate the structure.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the box showing parts broken away to better illustrate the structure.

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional View of the overlapping ends of the fiber board for formin the body member and showing the recess Ior receiving one of the overlapped ends of the body member.

Fig. at is a perspective view of the overlapping ends of the fiber board forming the body member or the fiber board forming the flange of the cover showing the recessed meimber for receiving one of the overlapping on s.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of a portion of the top, showing the channel and recess therein, for the reception of the overlapped ends of the fiber board forming the flange of the cover.

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the cover.

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective View showing in section one of the edges of the body of the Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the body of the box and 2 the cover therefor. The body of the box comprises a wooden bottom 3 and the cylindrical body 4, which body is formed from fiber board so as to withstand the strain and not crack, warp or shatter and is preferably water proof. The body 4 is formed from a continuous strip of material bent into cylindrical form and has its ends overlapped as shown at 5, Fig. 3, which ends are secured together and held against displacement by departing from the spirit means of a staple 6 which passes through the flange 7. of a metallic reinforcing member 8, the flange 9 of which engages the under face of the wooden bottom 3 and is secured thereto by means of staples 10. The lower edge of the body 4 is disposed in an annular channel 11 of the bottom 3 and is held therein by means of the staple 6 and staples 12 which pass through the flange 7 and the body 4. Annular channel 11 is provided with a recess 13 for the reception of the inner overlapping end of the fiber board which forms the body 4, thereby providing a structure free from bulge and at the same time by disposing the overlapped end in the recess 13 additionally bracing and strength ening the box as a whole. The annular metallic strip 8 has its flange 9 crimped so as to additionally strengthen and stifl'enthe flange and consequently additionally brace the box. 7 V I i The cover 2 is practically of the same construction as the bottom 1 and comprises the wooden top let which is provided with an annular channel 15 for the reception ofthe edge of the flange 16, which flange is formed in a similar manner as the body member 4 and has its ends similarly overlapped, there being a recess 17 similar to the recess 13' forthe reception of the inner overlapped end of the flange, there being an annular reinforcing member 18 whichextends around the edge of the cover for reinforcing and bracing the corners which annular I metallic member is stapled to the flange 16 by means of the staples 19 and to the top 1 1 by means of the staples 20 which pass through the crimped flange 21 of'the annular member 18 and through the top 1 1. Theflange 16 is formed from fiber board which board is water proof so as to prevententrance of moisture. v 7

It has been found that cheese boxes of this construction meet all of the requirements necessary in a box of this character and that byso making the boxes they may be easily stacked upon each other in freight cars and ware houses, and will not collapse and clamage the goods within the same. Cheese in a box is coatedwith parafin and if this paraffin becomes cracked or damagedby having the wall of the box formed from Water proof 'material the moisture from the cheese is reof its unbreakable feature and its water proof character prevents the escape of moisture and consequent deterioration of-v the cheese, It has been found that a box of this character will sustain a. weight of five hundred pounds wlthout danger of caving in from top or bottom, therefore in shipping or storing many boxes may be stacked on top of. each other. V v

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A box having its body portion formed from a single'stripof fiber board the ends'of which are overlappedand secured together,

a wooden bottom having a channel around its'edges for the reception of the lower edge of the body member, a recess in the bottom in communication with the channel for the the reception of one of the overlapped ends of the body member, a metallic angle member extending around the lower edge of the body member and having one of its flanges engaging the outer Wall of the body member and its other flange engaging the under face of the bottom and staples passing through said flanges and the fibrous body member and through the wooden bottom.

2. A cheese box comprising a cylindrical body formed from fibrous material, the ends of the fibrou material forming the body being overlapped, a bottom having an annular channel for the reception of the lower'edge of the body member, a recess in communication with theannular channel for the reception of the inner overlapped end of the body member, a metallic reinforcing annular member L-shaped in cross section engaging the lower edge of the 'body member and staples passing through the flanges of the annular metallic member for securing the same to the body member and to the bottom.

3.v A cheese box comprising a cylindrical body formed from fibrous material, the ends of the fibrous material forming the body be ing overlapped, a bottom having an annular channel for the reception of the lower edge of the body member, a recess in communication with the annular channel for the reception of the inner overlapped end of the body member, a metallic reinforcing annular member L-shaped in cross section engaging the lowervedge of the body member, staples passing through the flanges of the metallic member for securing the same to the body member and to the bottom, the flange of the metallic member engaging the bottom being crimped, and a cover for said box comprising a wooden top having a channel around its edge and a rccess in said top in communication with said channel, said ehannelbeing adapted to receive the edge of a flange member having its ends overlapped and the flange disposed on the top in sucha manner that one of the overlapped ends will be disposed in the recess and means for securing said flange member to top,

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature. 

